Tickets on sale this week for The Ultimate Fighter 16 Finale in Las Vegas

Tickets for the live season finale of the latest installment of “The Ultimate Fighter” are on sale this week.

The TUF 16 Finale takes place Dec. 15 at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and features a five-round main event heavyweight bout between the season’s two coaches, Shane Carwin (12-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) and Roy Nelson (17-7 MMA, 4-3 UFC).

In addition, the TUF 16 Finale will include the welterweight finals of this season’s show, which currently airs on Friday nights on FX.

Tickets for the event go on sale to the general public Friday at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT) and are available at the venue box office and Ticketmaster locations. Ticket prices start at $75 and go up to $300, plus fees.

In addition, members of the UFC Fight Club can purchase tickets starting today at 1 p.m. ET. And subscribers to the UFC’s e-newsletter can purchase tickets Thursday at 1 p.m. ET.

To go along with the heavyweight main event and TUF tournament final, other recently announced fights for the card include Nick Catone (9-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC) vs. T.J. Waldburger (15-7 MMA, 3-2 UFC) and Mike Pyle (23-8-1 MMA, 6-3 UFC) vs. James Head (9-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC). Plus, other non-finalists from the 16-member “TUF 16″ house are expected to compete on the show, though those matchups won’t be revealed until after the final regular-season episode.

The TUF 16 Finale is the UFC’s return to The Joint at the Hard Rock for the first time since the TUF 4 Finale in November 2006. At that event, Matt Serra beat Chris Lytle by split decision to earn a shot at welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre. Serra went on to stop the champ by TKO in arguably the biggest upset in MMA history. Since the TUF 4 Finale, all the UFC’s finales for the reality competition have been held at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas.